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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Angry Verbs!

**For the new school year, 2012-2013, students in Room 121 created an updated version of Angry Verbs. CLICK HEREto check out the newest post--featuring tons of pictures and writing!

After being inspired by this Angry Verb bulletin board using the Angry Birds, I had my students review verbs as well by writing a sentence on an angry bird and underlining the verb/verbs.

During class project time on Monday (when some students were in Orchestra), a few students covered the door with butcher paper while several others began working on coloring the birds. Later on during Daily 5, students who were doing Word Work practiced finding verbs by creating their own Angry Verbs.

37 comments:

That is an awesome idea, and the door looks great! I'm a little upset I gave my final verb assessment today, and I'm moving my focus onto adjectives. I'll have to keep this in mind for next year (as long as the game Angry Birds stays popular). Thanks for sharing!

Being able to incorporate the angry birds and crazy pigs from a popular game adds fun to a lesson. The display looks wonderful. I wonder how long it will take to see similar displays appear in other schools if they see this post?

That looks like so much fun! I don't remember the learning process as being quite so colorful and relevant when I was in 5th grade...many, many years ago. This class is truly blessed with creative smarts! High fives all around!

I did this with my 4th graders this week and they loved it so much they were asking if they could stay inside during recess to finish it! "Well, if you really want to. . ." Thanks for sharing.Paul in Portland @paulcolvin

Thank you for your kind words! I wish the original idea was mine, but it wasn't. Feel free to click on the link in the post to see where I got the idea! It's so much fun to share ideas with each other and see how they work in other classrooms as well.

Thank you! Feel free to click on the link in the post to see where I got the idea! It's so much fun to share ideas with each other and see how they work in other classrooms as well. If the other teachers at your school do use the idea, I'd love to hear about it!

That's a shame about how you've moved on from verbs, but maybe you could take Mr.Boyer's suggestions and implement the Angry Birds with adjectives instead. Another idea would be to wait a couple weeks, and use the Angry Verbs as a review, since students need refreshers every once in awhile (especially on identifying parts of speech).

Such a clever activity, Mrs. Allen! Love it! If you're still working on verbs, you might enjoy trying this activity I sometimes use during student writing workshops. I call it "Verballoons." It's on my blog:http://stonestoop.blogspot.com/2008/02/great-school-visit-verballoons-and_5070.html

Awesome! My students will really enjoy this! We are just really getting into verbs. Thanks for the idea! I've also played Vaudeville Verbs with my students in the past to get them interested in verbs. They have to stand in a circle and act out an action verb. Everyone in the circle continually repeats each action until all students have participated. They love it! Just an idea since I borrowed one of yours. Thanks again!